Degree Requirements

Before you start!

This page provides an overview of the degree requirements, and does not provide full information about course pre-requisites and exclusions.  

If you are a current student, make sure that you meet all of the degree requirements by:

• filling in the  (word file) Sociology Hon BA Degree Checklist (opens in new window) 
• checking your Advisement Report (opens in new window)  on MyServiceHub
• checking the current Undergraduate Calendar (opens in new window) 
  

Introductory Courses

• SOC 105: Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 107: Sociology of the Everyday
• SSH 105: Critical Thinking
• SSH 205: Academic Writing and Research
• two introductory humanities courses (Table I)
  
• two introductory social science courses (Table I)
  
• two non-sociology elective courses (see Calendar for details)

Sociology Required Courses

• SOC 427: Indigenous Perspectives on Canada
• SOC 470: Toronto the Changing City

Sociological Theory

• SOC 473: Classical Sociological Theory
  
• SOC 475: Contemporary Sociological Theory

Research Methods

• SSH 301: Research Design and Qualitative Methods
  
• SOC 411: Introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis
• SOC 481: Survey Design and Analysis
• SOC 482: Advanced Methods of Media Analysis
• SOC 483: Advanced Statistical Modeling

Senior Level Required Course

• SOC 490: Capstone: Specializing your Knowledge

Sociology Elective Courses

Take two of the following courses:

• SOC 300: Sociology of Equity and Diversity
• SOC 420: Social Class in Changing Times
• SOC 525: Media and Images of Inequality
• SOC 608: Women, Power and Change

Take six additional courses from the list of Sociology electives (Table II)

Senior Level Elective Course

Take one of the following senior-level courses:

• SOC 491: Independent Sociological Analysis
• SOC 492: Current Social Issue Focus
• SOC 493: Making Social Change
• SOC 494: Career Integration

Non-Sociology Elective Courses

• two lower-level liberal studies courses
• four upper-level liberal studies courses
• five additional non-sociology elective courses (see Calendar for details)
  

Use these elective courses to earn a Minor, (opens in new window)  by taking the courses specified in the Undergraduate Calendar.